But the show went on. And while concertgoers regularly checked the score on their phones, and several seats in balcony went unclaimed due to no-shows, the folk revival sextet for the most part kept its head in the game (the concert, that is), so the fans could keep their heads out of that other game. | April 6, 2014»Read Full Article(1)

Tomorrow marks the first of the year's big country music award shows when the Academy of Country Music hands out its slate of honors at 7 on CBS. While the Las Vegas-based spectacle has lost a bit of luster against the Nashville-based Country Music Association Awards, it is still a big night that will find many of the genre's big stars all gussied up for the cameras. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan proved a popular host pairing and they return with what is sure to be another year of shenanigans from the two big stars.

More than the awards handed out, the show will be a showcase of performances by a big-name lineup that includes Jason Aldean, Dierks bentley, Sheryl Crow, Lee Brice, Eric Church, Hunter Hayes, Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum with Stevie Nicks, Florida Georgia Line and more. | April 5, 2014»Read Full Blog Post

There's a reason some pieces of music make their way into what is known as the "standard orchestral repertoire." It's a simple matter of people wanting to hear them again and again.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra brought one of those pieces that audiences crave, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, to the Pabst Theater on Friday evening, in a performance that felt a lot like one was getting caught up with a dear, old friend. | April 5, 2014»Read Full Article

In this budget-conscious era of too many contrived plays involving too few actors who must each play multiple characters, playwright Henry Murray bravely takes a different tack with "Three Views of the Same Object": profligately requiring a producing theater to hire multiple actors to play a single character.

Kudos to Next Act Theatre Artistic Director David Cecsarini for taking the plunge, hiring an outstanding veteran cast of six actors and treating Milwaukee to a must-see production of this haunting, beautifully written play, which asks some very hard questions we'd all rather ignore about how we choose to die — and what those choices say about how we've chosen to live. | April 5, 2014»Read Full Article

If you’re not cheering on the Badgers in the Final Four from a seat in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the next best thing may be cheering them on with hordes of other fans at a local watering hole.

Milwaukee has no shortage of bars and restaurants to watch the game at, and some are offering specials during the game. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:49 p.m. on TBS, but you’ll want to arrive earlier than that to nab a seat. | April 5, 2014»Read Full Blog Post(3)